The Alabama Crimson Tide‘s 110-98 loss to the Missouri Tigers caused them to drop in the new USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, released Monday.
Despite bouncing back for a 96-83 win over the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday at Coleman Coliseum, Alabama (22-5 overall, 11-3 SEC) fell two spots to No. 6 in the Coaches Poll and now rank one spot behind SEC rival Tennessee (22-6) at No. 5 and one spot ahead of Rick Pitino’s St. John’s Red Storm at No. 7.
Alabama plays at Tennessee on Saturday. The Tide and Vols are set for a 3 p.m. CT tipoff at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville. The game will be televised on ESPN.
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The Auburn Tigers (25-2) stayed at No. 1 while the Duke Blue Devils (24-3) moved past the Florida Gators (24-3) to No. 2 after their 110-67 win over Illinois at Madison Square Garden Saturday.
Also moving past Alabama in this week’s Top 25 rankings? Kelvin Sampson’s Houston Cougars (23-4), who the Crimson Tide beat 85-80 in overtime at the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas last November. Houston rose one spot to No. 4.
Alabama will host No. 24 Mississippi State (19-8, 7-7) Wednesday at Coleman Coliseum. Tipoff is at 8 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on ESPN.
New USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll
|
Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Auburn |
25-2 |
748 (28) |
|
2 |
Duke |
24-3 |
708 (2) |
|
3 |
Florida |
24-3 |
693 |
|
4 |
Houston |
23-4 |
660 |
|
5 |
Tennessee |
22-5 |
610 |
|
6 |
Alabama |
22-5 |
607 |
|
7 |
St. John’s |
24-4 |
571 |
|
8 |
Michigan State |
22-5 |
512 |
|
9 |
Iowa State |
21-6 |
492 |
|
10 |
Texas Tech |
21-6 |
467 |
|
11 |
Texas A&M |
20-7 |
438 |
|
12 |
Wisconsin |
21-6 |
384 |
|
13 |
Michigan |
20-6 |
377 |
|
14 |
Clemson |
22-5 |
352 |
|
15 |
Maryland |
21-6 |
326 |
|
16 |
Missouri |
20-7 |
263 |
|
17 |
Louisville |
21-6 |
241 |
|
18 |
Memphis |
22-5 |
205 |
|
19 |
Purdue |
19-9 |
175 |
|
20 |
Saint Mary’s |
25-4 |
173 |
|
21 |
Arizona |
18-9 |
159 |
|
22 |
Marquette |
20-7 |
150 |
|
23 |
Kentucky |
18-9 |
137 |
|
24 |
Mississippi State |
19-8 |
89 |
|
25 |
Creighton |
19-8 |
43 |
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